[SailfishDevel] Jolla Harbour and Jolla Store

[Attila Csipa]

On 07-Nov-13 13:42, Michal Jerz wrote:
> So it's like with door locks. Despite none of them being 100% proof to
> unauthorized opening, somehow people continue to use them in their doors
> rather than just having doors without any locks only because they're not
> 100% secure. They at least REDUCE abuse.

Without serious research, I will contest that as wishful thinking. Some 
people will argue that the monetary outcome of piracy is actually 
POSITIVE, because the benefit of the larger userbase outweighs the 
(questionable-sized) drop in "legal" sales (would all those who would 
take a free beer maybe rather NOT have a beer than PAY for it?). The 
effect of torrents on Netflix and the TV/movie industry holds a LOT of 
learnings in this area.

Personally, I think copy-protection schemes have nothing to do with 
piracy or those who pirate. They are actually born out of the need to be 
able to project a message to developers that their work is somehow 
safe(r) and (more) protected - playing on the positive sense of control 
(even if it actually is detrimental to the business-perspective).

If existing stores are anything to go by, the *ease* of how easily one 
can legally get to your content (at the micro-pricing levels) will, in 
effect, dwarf the impact of any DRM scheme.

Best regards,
Attila